It follows phenomenal public demand for his first stand up comedy tour shows in eight years.

One of Britain’s best loved comedians, the multi award winning actor, writer, director, author and producer has announced extra dates - see full tour details below - also including nights at Arena Birmingham and London The O2, in May and June 2019.

Within the first few hours of last week's announcement of the tour, the news was the top Google trend in the UK and was top three on Twitter.

The official tour video also amassed over four million views and over 100,000 likes, shares and comments on Peter Kay’s Facebook page alone.